SMETHPORT — The Bradford Lady Owls’ first victory of the season Friday night at Smethport was a long time coming.
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Multiple Smethport defenders attempt to steal the basketball from Bradford’s Sierra Taylor during Friday night’s game in Smethport. Taylor finished with three points during the Lady Owls’ win.
PORT ALLEGANY — It’s been the story of Port Allegany’s young season.
There will be no North Tier League this year for our area’s smaller schools. No D9 League for Bradford. No conferences of any sort.
EMPORIUM — It was the kind of start Marcus Brown had been hoping to see out of his Cameron County team.
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — All wins aren’t created equal.
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Normally unflappable in these situations, Mark Schmidt was overjoyed.
DUKE CENTER — In a battle of unbeatens, the Otto-Eldred girls basketball team turned a one-point deficit entering the fourth quarter into a 40-31 win over Elk County Catholic.
DUKE CENTER — He was among the unlikeliest of heroes for Bradford on Tuesday night, but when Alex Liners was given his opportunity, he made sure to take advantage.
The Otto-Eldred girls basketball team kept its undefeated record intact with a 53-24 blowout road win over Bradford Tuesday night.
DUKE CENTER — Growing up as the youngest of five children, Chuck Bell recalls getting taken to plenty of family events for his siblings, playing with matchbox cars in the stands and cheering h…
PORT ALLEGANY — Bree Garzel continued her strong start to the season as Port Allegany notched its first victory, a 52-29 decision against visiting Smethport.
KANE — On a night where both Kane and Smethport’s offenses became stagnant, the Wolves ramped up their defense.
PORT ALLEGANY — Port Allegany’s wrestling team began its season with a convincing home win over short-handed Bradford on Saturday.
JOHNSONBURG — Dan Nelson made his Johnsonburg coaching debut in style, as the Rams knocked off county rival and defending District 9 Class A champion Elk County Catholic, 49-44.
COUDERSPORT — It was the kind of response the Coudersport girls basketball team needed.
It was as seamless a debut at Bradford High as Chuck Bell could have hoped for.
Like many winter sports teams this season, the Bradford girls basketball team will be learning and adjusting on the fly.
For Chuck Bell, the goal since his early December hiring as Bradford’s boys basketball head coach has been to get to game one with a healthy team. As long as the rest of today goes well, he’ll…
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — For once, the window was tight.
COUDERSPORT — Hayden Keck recorded a double-double as Coudersport raced past Northern Potter, 71-35.
It began in rather unexpected fashion.
COUDERSPORT — The Otto-Eldred girls basketball made a statement Wednesday night, topping defending District 9 champion Coudersport, 38-27.
COUDERSPORT — Hayden Keck poured in 28 points, reaching 1,000 career points in the effort, to power Coudersport past Otto-Eldred, 70-45.
EMPORIUM — The District 9 title defense is off to a strong start at Coudersport.
SMETHPORT — Tuesday night’s 50-45 thrilling road win for Elk County Catholic over Smethport may have gone down as a loss for the Hubbers, but head coach Jay Acker said it was one of the best p…
DUKE CENTER — The Smethport and Otto-Eldred girls basketball teams had no idea they would be playing each other Monday night until earlier in the day.
A mere two days later, the situation was no less frustrating.
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Mere minutes after Wednesday’s victory over Saint Joseph’s, Jalen Adaway was already looking ahead.
EMPORIUM — Caden Beldin poured in a game-high 32 points to score his 1,000th-career point and lead Cameron County to a resounding 73-17 win over Oswayo Valley in each team’s season-opener.
SMETHPORT — Cameron County’s six seniors, like a lot winter sport athletes in the state of Pennsylvania, had been itching to get back on the court.
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — The St. Bonaventure men’s basketball team desperately needed a spark. And before it became the Jaren Holmes show, Jalen Adaway was the one who provided it.
With the start of winter sports in the Keystone State on the horizon, local basketball teams in the Intermediate Unit 9 bubble are eager to tip-off the season.
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — As his night began to unfold, Jaren Holmes recalled the words of his former AAU coach.
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — That’s how you take care of business.
DUKE CENTER — Even with the tough circumstances the COVID-19 pandemic has created, first-year head coach Stephen Bell has high expectations for the Otto-Eldred boys basketball program.
